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  Cooley Law School Holds Spring Honors Convocation in Lansing

  LANSING, MICH. — Cooley Law School’s Lansing campus recognized students for their achievements during the spring honors convocation on March 19. William Bowman and Toren Chenault were presented the Leadership Achievement Award. Bowman and Aimee Lorencz each received the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Student Award. The Leadership Achievement Award acknowledges those students who have consistently, comprehensively, and effectively provided leadership in a variety of capacities. The award is intended to be the culmination of the recipient’s participation in leadership activities at Cooley. The Alumni Association’s Distinguished Student Award is given to selected graduating students based on academic accomplishments, professionalism and ethics, leadership, extracurricular activities, and post-graduation plans. The recipients are selected by the Scholarship and Awards Committee of the Cooley Alumni Association. Recipients are presented with a diploma frame from the law school. Bowman is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina. At Cooley, he served as president of the Student Bar Association and as a Dean’s Fellow with the Academic Resource Center. Bowman competed in Moot Court competitions and served as chairperson for the Moot Court. He is a member of the Mock Trial Board, Christian Legal Society, and the American Constitution Society. Chenault, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, has participated in several organizations. He served as treasurer for the Black Law Student’s Association, editor-in-chief of the Cooley Law Review, and as a Student Bar Association mentor. Chenault was also selected as an Academic Resource Center Dean’s Fellow. Lorencz earned a Bachelor of Science in biology with forensics concentration at Ferris State University. At Cooley, she worked on case screening and evaluated post-conviction cases for strong evidence of factual innocence for the Innocence Project. Lorencz serves as a teaching assistant and as a Dean’s Fellow. Lorencz has represented the law school as a National Moot Court competitor and has devoted significant time to student leadership, serving as president of the Organization of Women Law Students, vice president of Criminal Law Students, and as a 3L senator and member of the Alumni and Professional Development Committee of the Student Bar Association.

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  Derek Matthews gives next generation of Cooley Law School students a start in legal profession in Tampa

  Derek Matthews (Vinson Class, 2017) is no stranger to giving back to Cooley Law School in the Tampa Bay region. Outside of legal practice, Matthews sponsors the annual Cooley Alumni Golf Outing in Tampa and participates in alumni events and mentoring programs to build relationships with faculty and fellow graduates.

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  Reda Taleb’s Life’s Work: Turning Pain into Purpose — and Giving It Back to Dearborn

  When Reda Taleb (McLean Class, 2015) talks about “giving back,” she isn’t just reciting a slogan — she’s living by example. The daughter of immigrants from Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, Taleb’s parents, along with her six older siblings, laid roots in Dearborn’s south end, an area known for its pollution-emitting factory smoke stacks and community of Arab Americans seeking the “American Dream.”

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